GA: will be a collection of topics from other forums
ECOSOC (Economic and Social Council):
Empowering women in developing nations to ensure sustainable growth
Human trafficking and trade in human body parts
Security Council:
1. Disarmament and reduction of nuclear warfare
2. Promoting peace and security on the Korean Peninsula
Human Rights Committee
1. Rights of the migrant worker
2. Protecting journalists in armed conflicts
Special Summit
1. Does capitalism work towards the benefit of society
2. for and against use of stem cells in medicine
3. for and against debt eradication
Things to find out:
-basic info about your country: who is the president, where is it, what is their religion, what is it's main export and import etc.
-basic info about your topic
-generally what your country thinks about the topic: is it a major issue for them, or do they have a very serious problem with it (e.g. is your country very much against abortion, stemcell research etc)
-what has been done by the UN and other organisations about this problem
DEADLINES:
January 18th: bring 100 RMB registration fee January 18th: basic country research (who the president is, what kind of parliament, religion etc.)
January 25th: basic topic research,ideas for how to solve the problem and country and topic research
February 8th: policy statement (what your country thinks about each topic, what has been done, and what you think should be done)
February 15th:resolutions for AT LEAST one topic (for both is better)
February 22nd: Opening speeches and resolution on other topic if you only did one
March 1st: DEBATE :)
TOPICS FOR BISSMUN 2011
GA: will be a collection of topics from other forums
ECOSOC (Economic and Social Council):
Empowering women in developing nations to ensure sustainable growth
Human trafficking and trade in human body parts
Security Council:
1. Disarmament and reduction of nuclear warfare
2. Promoting peace and security on the Korean Peninsula
Human Rights Committee
1. Rights of the migrant worker
2. Protecting journalists in armed conflicts
Special Summit
1. Does capitalism work towards the benefit of society
2. for and against use of stem cells in medicine
3. for and against debt eradication
Things to find out:
-basic info about your country: who is the president, where is it, what is their religion, what is it's main export and import etc.
-basic info about your topic
-generally what your country thinks about the topic: is it a major issue for them, or do they have a very serious problem with it (e.g. is your country very much against abortion, stemcell research etc)
-what has been done by the UN and other organisations about this problem
DEADLINES:
January 18th: bring 100 RMB registration fee
January 18th: basic country research (who the president is, what kind of parliament, religion etc.)
January 25th: basic topic research,ideas for how to solve the problem and country and topic research
February 8th: policy statement (what your country thinks about each topic, what has been done, and what you think should be done)
February 15th:resolutions for AT LEAST one topic (for both is better)
February 22nd: Opening speeches and resolution on other topic if you only did one
March 1st: DEBATE :)
March 5th: conference
links to look at:
The conference web page can be found here.
The location of the British International School Shangahi, Pudong Campus, is described on this page.
We will be staying at the Holiday Inn, Jin Xiu. Its location is described here.
http://gvnet.com/humantrafficking/CoteD%27Ivoire.htm
http://www.unicef.org/protection/index_exploitation.html
http://www.childtrafficking.org/cgi-bin/ct/main.sql?file=view_document.sql&TITLE=-1&AUTHOR=-1&THESAURO=-1&ORGANIZATION=-1&TOPIC=-1&GEOG=-1&YEAR=-1&LISTA=No&COUNTRY=-1&FULL_DETAIL=Yes&ID=2887
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1389185.stm